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James Gathings
d.4 Jul 1844 Anson now Union Co., North Carolina, United States
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m. 24 Feb 1817
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According to Bob Mitchell: Information from Anson Co., North Carolina Website, Gathings Family, by James Gathings: James Gathings was an active buyer and seller of land in both Anson and Union Counties. He bought some of his land from his father and he was a recipient of two land grants in Anson County. Other land transactions are recorded in Anson and Union County Courthouses. James Gathings died on 4 July 1844 in Union County, North Carolina. He died intestate and there is a large collection of estate settlement records stored in the basement of the Monroe County, Mississippi, Courthouse. He left a large estate, and there was a significant amount of litigation associated with the settlement of his estate. One has to wonder why a family of this wealth and position would pull up their roots and migrate to Mississippi and Texas. He is buried in a cemetery on his farm, about 11 miles from Monroe, Union County, North Carolina. The small cemetery contains four graves: James Gathings, Susannah Gathings (daughter of James J. and Martha Wall Covington Gathings), John M. Randel (son of Sydney and Mary Jane Gathings Randel), and Benjamin C. Covington (son of David and Susannah Gathings Covington). All of the graves except that of James Gathings are those of children, his grandchildren. The cemetery is difficult to find because it is completely grown over with new growth trees and carolina jasmine and surrounded with mature forest. From the records in the Monroe County, Mississippi Court house it has been determined that James Gathings and his wife, Jane, moved to Monroe County about 1843-1844. The records show that they owned land and were in residence there and that Jane later laid claim to the property after James' death. M. T.Gathings of Winston Salem, North Carolina believes that James Gathings died on a trip back to North Carolina because none of the Mississippi family knew the exact date of his death. This would explain the record showing that James Gathings died in Union County, North Carolina. (Mr. Gathings would have died in most likely Anson County as Union was formed from Anson and Mecklenburg in 1849. Marshville is part of what was Anson in 1844.) James owned a cotton plantation. An appraisal of the personal property in James' estate was made in 1845 and it totaled more than $25,000, the largest portion of it being the value of 46 slaves. James Gathings was an active buyer and seller of land in both the Anson County and Union County records. In addition to the sale of land from his father, he was the recipient of two land grants in Anson County. References
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